by The Editors on April 22, 2008
On Monday April 21, 2008 at approximately 6:30 PM Jeffrey Samora, 24, of Oceanside stepped in front of a speeding Amtrak train near the Carlsbad Village Station and was killed, according to a story on NBCsandiego.com.
The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said the man who was killed was trespassing on the tracks at the time of the accident.
The death has now been ruled a suicide.
Witnesses said the man, in his 20s, jumped from the Carlsbad Village Drive station platform onto the tracks about 6:20 p.m. and stood there until he was hit by a train going about 60 mph.
[Link: NBCsandiego.com and San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on April 20, 2008
Moments after landing at Carlsbad/Palomar airport on Saturday just after 10AM a small jet, “owned by California Natural Products,” skidded off the runway. There were four people aboard and none were injured according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.
It is unclear what caused the Cessna Citation to veer off the side of the runway after landing, said Ian Gregor, spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on April 17, 2008
The north-bound lanes of Pacific Coast Highway came to a near standstill this evening (April 17, 2008) at approximately 6:30 PM after a two-car collision at the corner of Carlsbad Boulevard [aka PCH] and Juniper Avenue.
Apparently, the driver of a white Ford Ranger truck turned left from the south-bound turn lane directly into the front left quarter panel of a while Chevrolet Impala as it travelled north on Carlsbad Boulevard.
“I guess the driver of the truck just thought she could make it,” said one witness. “I was over on the seawall standing by my truck and heard the whole thing. You can’t believe how loud it was.”
Though the Impala’s driver-side airbag deployed (breaking the car’s front windshield) there were no injuries in either car.
by The Editors on April 16, 2008
A 20-year-old man died last night at about 7 PM when the car he was riding in “left the road and struck a telephone pole” on the “6500 block of Avenida Encinas, near the Poinsettia Coaster Station, according to the North County Times.
A passenger in the back seat of the car suffered major head injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene, Kennedy said. Two other men, a driver and a passenger in the front seat, were taken to Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla with minor injuries. . . . The name of the man who died was not released Tuesday night. Carlsbad police were investigating the crash and said it was unclear why the car left the road.
Now the San Diego Union-Tribune is claiming the two other passengers in the car are using the classic “the other guy was driving” DUI defense.
The two other men, also between 20 and 30 years old, were hospitalized, Rawson said. Rawson said each is claiming the other was the driver. . . . Beer cans were in found the car, Rawson said.
[Link: North County Times and San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on April 7, 2008
In the first wreck Terran Scott, 22, of Carlsbad “collided with a big rig on southbound I-5,” just before 5 AM this morning, according to Officer Eric Newbury. Then Harold Carter, 42 of Oceanside stopped to help.
Minutes later, 59-year-old Marilyn Adams of Vista hit the disabled Mitsubishi [Scott’s car] with her Chevrolet Cavalier and spun out of control, Newbury said. . . . Adams’ car then hit the Carter as he was walking back to his own vehicle, Newbury said. . . . Adams and Carter suffered major injuries, including possible hip fractures, Newbury said.
According to Police “neither drugs nor alcohol were involved in the crash.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on February 29, 2008
From the San Diego Union-Tribune:
A pedestrian was killed early Friday morning when he was struck by a car on El Camino Real just north of Chestnut Avenue, police said.
Police said the driver was on his way to work shortly before 12:30 a.m., driving in the No. 3 northbound lane of El Camino Real, when he hit the man. Police said it was unknown if the victim was walking in the roadway or attempting to cross the road when he was struck.
The driver was not injured and police said they do not anticipate any criminal charges being filed.
Police are looking for any information regarding the crash. If you have any please call the Carlsbad Police traffic division: (760) 931-2290
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on February 28, 2008
A 22-year-old man and his 17-year-old passenger took California Highway Patrol on a little tour of Southern California yesterday at speeds up to 120 MPH according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune. Sadly, their I-5 joyride ended when the BMW crashed into the center divide near Los Flores Drive in Carlsbadistan.
A woman driving a Saturn suffered minor injuries in the wreck on southbound Interstate 5 near Las Flores Drive, the California Highway Patrol said. . . Officers had spotted a reckless driver on Interstate 5 in Irvine and attempted to stop him. The man in the BMW kept driving and reached speeds of 120 mph, the CHP said.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on February 13, 2008
An 85-year-old man drove full speed, head-on into a “traffic signal pole at the intersection of Carlsbad Boulevard and Poinsettia Lane” on February 12, 2008 at approximately 11 AM.
The car’s 85-year-old driver appeared to have only minor injuries but was only partially conscious, Toretto said. . . . The victim was flown to Scripps La Jolla Hospital by San Diego Copter 1.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on February 3, 2008
That big Northbound traffic jam Friday night was caused by a Coca-Cola hauling tractor-trailer rig that flipped near Batiquitos Lagoon.
The truck ran off the northbound freeway shoulder north of La Costa Avenue shortly before 5 p.m. and flipped onto its side. . . The California Highway Patrol closed two traffic lanes, forcing motorists to a crawl as far south as San Diego for nearly two hours. By 10 p.m., speeds were still in the single-digits past the wreck.
We’re just glad we ride the Coaster.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on January 13, 2008
This morning at around 1:30 AM a man apparently “crashed” his non-amphibious vehicle into the Buena Vista Lagoon. Because of this the CHP had to close down Carlsbad Boulevard.
Authorities closed down all but a single lane of the roadway near State Street at about 11 a.m., the California Highway Patrol reported. The closure is expected to remain in place for two or three hours, the agency said.
Apparently the driver was not hurt.
[Link: North County Times]
On Monday April 21, 2008 at approximately 6:30 PM Jeffrey Samora, 24, of Oceanside stepped in front of a speeding Amtrak train near the Carlsbad Village Station and was killed, according to a story on NBCsandiego.com.
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